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VITAL SIGNS (blog)
In wake of 75-vehicle pileup, a bill to repeal Maine’s seat belt law
On Friday, just two days after one of the largest chain-reaction car crashes in state history, Maine lawmakers will consider repealing the seat belt law. Some of …
DOT cameras on road signs help analyze 75-vehicle pileup on I-95
BANGOR | In the aftermath of the 75-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 in Carmel, the Maine Department of Transportation is collecting weather, road and …
POLL QUESTION
Warden apprehends cat-eating Orono bobcat
The hungry bobcat that became the subject of a trap and relocation effort was captured Thursday night and was being taken to …
REGION:
Shaw’s fights Teamsters’ effort to unionize Maine pharmacists
1 hour agoPORTLAND | Shaw’s Supermarkets is fighting an effort by the Teamsters union to organize …
Senate passes Homeland Security funds to avoid shutdown
2 mins agoWASHINGTON — Hours before funding expires for the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Senate …
CULTURE SHOCK (blog)
2 hours ago Lady Antebellum to return for third concert on Bangor Waterfront, with guest Hunter Hayes
STATE & CAPITOL (blog)
3 hours ago Daily Brief: LePage, Eves at odds over $65 million senior housing bond
Assistant Lisbon superintendent to lead new Wiscasset school district
57 mins agoThe Wiscasset School Committee voted 5-0 Thursday to hire Heather Wilmot as …
- Police continue to probe alleged kidnapping of Waldoboro woman, son
- Lyman man facing sexual assault charge
- Man arrested after 100 mph Turnpike chase
- SolarCity and Google partner on $750 million solar fund, largest of its kind
- Alleged accomplices to plead guilty to murder of teen who was found stabbed to death in Maine
- NOAA, fishing industry find rare common ground on cod actions
Opinion
EDITORIALS
Maine has made itself a vehicle registration haven
Police and municipal officials in Connecticut are miffed that residents who owe property taxes are registering their cars in Maine to escape their debts. In …
Sports
UMaine women roll past UMBC to earn America East regular-season title
BANGOR | It was the biggest game in Courtney Anderson’s career and she wasn’t about to let her team go into it with the …
Health
CATCHING HEALTH (blog)
A Hard-Learned Lesson about Shingles
It was the beginning of a Labor Day weekend when Al felt a strange sensation on his right buttock, just underneath his back pocket where …
Business
3 innovative ways to help older workers
Some business leaders in Maine are thinking in creative ways about how they can engage and support their older workers, and prepare their businesses for the future.
Living
CULTURE SHOCK (blog)
Lady Antebellum to return for third concert on Bangor Waterfront, with guest Hunter Hayes
Lady Antebellum, multi-platinum country trio, will play its third concert at the Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion this summer, when they return to Bangor on Thursday, June …
Outdoors
OUT THERE (blog)
Follow our quinzhee adventure as it happens: #BDNsnowcave
Later today, BDN visuals editor Brian Feulner and I are heading to Unity College, where we’ll try to avoid freezing to death while sleeping in …
Food
MAINE COURSE (blog)
Find a Piece of Maine at b.good in Boston
Slipping and sliding, my kids and I walked in the bitter cold last Thursday from our Boston hotel to b.good, a burger joint with a …
Events
CULTURE SHOCK (blog)
Lady Antebellum to return for third concert on Bangor Waterfront, with guest Hunter Hayes
Lady Antebellum, multi-platinum country trio, will play its third concert at the Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion this summer, when they return to Bangor on Thursday, June …
